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Supplementing mercy, the internal impulse all humans have to act charitably, justice refers to the external law. Winthrop uses the word interchangeably to indicate both civic and scriptural law, though he particularly focuses on the latter. Although the emphasis of his sermon is on cultivating an inner sense of love and mercy, Winthrop admits that any good society needs laws and that any good Christian needs moral guidance from the Bible.
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There are two rules whereby wee are to walke one towards another: JUSTICE and MERCY.
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A Model of Christian Charity
...outlines two necessary means by which the “poor” and the “rich” uphold lasting “brotherly affeccion”: justice and mercy. These terms, says Winthrop, represent the laws of “nature” and of “grace,” respectively,...
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